X-Mas Glow, A NYCR Banger!

There's nothing more magical than Christmas. All the pretty lights on everyone's houses, presents waiting for you under the family Christmas tree, honey glazed ham, or maybe some goose...but nothing, NOTHING beats that wonderful glow of after Christmas. New York City Ravers (NYCR) and Original Brooklyn brought that feeling last night at the Morgan.

Getting Crazy BY: Ronnie C. Photography

Glowing After X-Mas BY: Taylor Flash

X-Man Glow! One word to describe this rave is epic. Or maybe, unforgettable. There were just so many factors that were brought into play that made this event one of the best I've had the pleasure of going to
yet.


One, the music. Oh my god the music was all so amazing! All the DJ's there killed it. I need to give it up to DJ X-Dream for providing me with the mix of my life. Check out his sounds, and here you go, I'll even make it easy for ya.

Hard Bass Massive - Mixed By X-Dream by DJ X-Dream

DJ X-Dream BY: Ronnie C. Photography

 
Two, the promoters. If there's anything I've noticed about NYCR, is that they go hard with everything they do. One can appreciate the time and effort they put into the parties, and half of that is promotion. If you're an NYCR promoter, you probably have messaged and posted on everyone's wall on FB there's a huge event going down. This party was originally supposed to be on a boat, the Nautical Empress, but due to issues out of their hands, they had to move it to the Morgan, and within a week of the party. That brings me to...

Tiffany Reptar! By: Taylor Flash

Rock Out! By: Ronnie C. Photography

Sweet Glowsticks By: Taylor Flash

Three, the people. This was truly an event that was made successful by the greater community.  Even at the very beginning of the party, there must have been 100 people in the house, incredible! Everyone was fantastic, I didn't get any negative vibes! There were people from Jersey, Cali, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, way upstate...  It was pure bliss being able to talk to anyone, enjoy dancing, jumping, and of course gloving.

Lefty is Nasty with it! By: Taylor Flash

The Most Epic Light Show I Gave By: Ronnie C. Photography

Reptar Manipulating Diodes By: Ronnie C. Photography

YoYo gogo Gloving By: Ronnie C. Photography

He Takes Photos and Spins Glow Sticks! By: Ronnie C. Photography

BaBAM By: Taylor Flash

 

Let me tell you, the New York gloving scene is blowing up! A good 15-17 glovers came out to this party. It was an amazing opportunity to learn from other styles, do doubles, triples, and even a quadruple! But it all comes down to one thing; good people, similar interests, and the greater feeling of community and love.



PHOTOS:

The Pros:
Ronnie C. Photography: SET
Taylor Flash: SET
Reptar Photography: SET 1//SET 2
Sam Freund: SET
Pacman Photography: COMING SOON
Bluecrash: COMING SOON

Others:
D3bst3p - PHOTOS

Big shout-outs to Morgan Freeman on the visuals, all the photographers (it's awesome seeing all of you there), Kevin Carpet (all rolled up!), NYCR and Original Brooklyn. Thank you for taking this party and making it saweet! The next need-to-go-to event is going to be Holiday Madness this Friday, headlining Showtek!

The DJ's That Stole Christmas

Kingzly. Nuff Said BY: Morgan Freeman (Blue Crash)

With Christmas here, parties were rocking out all weekend. I was planning originally on staying in and enjoying the comfort of my bed and some Skyrim, but the call came in saying I needed to come check out this event that was going to be split between club scene and rave scene. I thought I had experienced this before with Revival, but I was in for a sick surprise...

Go DJ! BY: Ronnie C. Photography

Divine GoGo! BY: Divine GoGo (Paus3)

The DJ's That Stole Christmas taking place in the infamous Electric Warehouse. This event was put together by CJ Milan & Kingzly's Parties, and they did a great job with it! You had the two floors open for people to rock out, along with the outside smoking section. Before I drove over there, I was checking out the event listing on Facebook, and it said that you should "prepare yourself for a new rave experience." Naturally I felt that I've experienced raves and how is this going to be different from others. After all, Revival was a mix of some club stuff, but mostly variations of harder styles.

DJ Dirty Dan Pumping up the room BY: Morgan Freeman (Blue Crash)

This rave was an even mix between club music (trance, house, with hip-hop and other top 40 stuff), and more techno stuff (harder trance, dubstep, hardstyle, moombah). The main floor was the more rave music, and upstairs was the club scene. The DJ's were mixing it up and both rooms had people hanging out.


Being Christmas Eve, it was surprising that so many came out to dance and have a good time. At the peak there must have been about 300 people having a blast. It was so nice to see the scene's mix, it's easy to tell with fashion who is a regular patron to these scenes, but when all together, everyone was experiencing the PLUR, it was a beautiful thing. The light shows were popping, with projectors on the walls, lasers, and even a foam machine!

Dancing in the Foam BY: Ronnie C. Photography

My night was interesting from the start. I helped out with setup a bit, and then I had the Divine GoGo camera taking pictures of the night. Somewhere around 11pm I ran into Tiffany Reptar, and she took some shots of myself and KinkiKitty giving shows. We were talking a bunch, and she really wanted to glove, so we made a trade; My gloves for her camera. This is where things got really interesting.

Yours Truly Giving Reptar a Show BY: Ronnie C. Photography

For the first time ever, I got to experience what it's like being an event photographer. Taking pictures of the energy, people having a good time, light shows!! It was sick, and Reptar was killing it with her shows! She is an extremely talented person, and just like many of the glovers I look up to, she interprets gloving into her own style. Props to you Reptar, and welcome to Team [OWL]!

DJ X-Dream Spinning BY: Ronnie C. Photography

Another couple awesome encounters I had were with Morgan Freeman and DJ X-Dream. Both of them were awesome. Morgan was controlling almost all the visuals and X-Dream was headlining in the main room. They both did an amazing job, EVERYONE was on the floor for X-Dream going wild and Morgan has some trippy-cool visuals. Check out their sites and make sure to catch them doing their thing at another event. I suggest HOLIDAY MADNESS and GREENHILL ZONE.



PHOTOS:

The Pros:
Reptar Photography: PHOTOS
Ronnie C. Photography: PHOTOS
Epic Image WRM: PHOTOS
Taylor Seven-Divine Flash: PHOTOS
Morgan Freeman: PHOTOS

The Others:
Divine GoGo: PHOTOS

Look forward to some awesome interviews coming up!! And don't forget to check out the new mix I'm listening to!